ὄφις

See also όφις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₃egʷʰi-. Cognates include Sanskrit अहि (áhi), Avestan 𐬀𐬲𐬌 (aži-) and Old Armenian իժ (iž).

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /ópʰis/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /ópʰis/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /óɸis/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /ófis/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /ófis/

Noun

ὄφις (genitive ὄφεως, ὄφιος) m, third declension; (ophis)

1. a serpent, snake
2. serpentine bracelet
3. a type of creeping plant

Inflection

Third declension of ὄφῐς, ὄφεως

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὄφῐς	ὄφει	ὄφεις
Genitive	ὄφεως	ὀφέοιν	ὄφεων
Dative	ὄφει	ὀφέοιν	ὄφεσῐ(ν)
Accusative	ὄφῐν	ὄφει	ὄφεις
Vocative	ὄφῐ	ὄφει	ὄφεις

Third declension of ὄφῐς, ὄφιος (Ionic, Epic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὄφῐς	ὄφιε	ὄφιες
Genitive	ὄφιος	ὀφίοιν	ὀφίων
Dative	ὄφῑ, ὄφει	ὀφίοιν	ὄφῐσῐ(ν), ὀφίεσῐ(ν), ὄφεσῐ(ν)
Accusative	ὄφῐν	ὄφιε	ὄφῑς, ὄφιᾰς
Vocative	ὄφῐ	ὄφιε	ὄφιες

Synonyms

• δράκων (drakōn)

Descendants

• Greek: φίδι

References

• LSJ
• BDAG
• Robert S. P. Beekes (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill Academic Publishers)
• Strong’s concordance number: G3789